Sports Briefs

Track and Field
UNM captured 10 top-three finishes during the Brutus Hamilton Invitational Friday and Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.

Ty Kirk won the open-section long jump with a 22-foot, 10-inch leap, while Kendall Spencer’s 24-9 1/4 long jump mark earned him second place in the invitational section. Kirk also placed third in the invitational section triple jump with a 49-8 1/4 mark.

Pole vaulter Amber Menke continued her strong season with a first-place leap of 13 feet, 1/2 inch, while teammate Margo Tucker took third with a 12-6 1/4 vault. Lexi Ross placed second in the javelin throw with a 140-8 toss.

Alex Herring clocked 1:50.15 for second place in the men’s 800-meter run, and Robert Warensjo took second in the pole vault with a 15-7 1/4 leap.

UNM had two third-place finishes from Django Lovett in the high jump (6-11) and Shirley Pitts in the 400 (55.59).

Some Lobo distance runners competed at the Payton Jordan Invitational in California Sunday, but those results were not complete by press time.

Men’s soccer
New Mexico won its final exhibition match of the spring Saturday in Denver with a 7-1 victory over Creighton, a Final Four team last season. 

James Rogers and Josh Goss each scored two goals in the win, and the Lobos had single goals from Nick Miele, Christopher Wehan and Joe Harris.

This spring UNM scored 21 goals and captured exhibition wins over Creighton, Air Force, UC Riverside, Grand Canyon and Fort Louis. Rogers finished the spring with six goals and Michael Calderon had five.

Lobo goalies Michael Lisch and Patrick Poblete gave up only four goals throughout the exhibition season.